Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants

0355710 - BC 2011 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Tropek, R. - Kadlec, T. - Karešová, P. - Spitzer, L. - Kočárek, P. - Malenovský, I. - Baňař, P. - Tuf, I.H. - Hejda, Martin - Konvička, Martin
Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants.
Journal of Applied Ecology. Roč. 47, č. 1 (2010), s. 139-147. ISSN 0021-8901. E-ISSN 1365-2664
Grant CEP: GA ČR GD206/08/H044; GA ČR GD206/08/H049; GA MŠMT LC06073
Grant ostatní: Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia(CZ) SGA2008/005
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z50070508; CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Klíčová slova: artificial biotopes * biodiversity conservation * landscape restoration
Kód oboru RIV: EH - Ekologie - společenstva
Impakt faktor: 4.970, rok: 2010

1. The view of post-mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may turn such sites into biodiversity refuges in human-exploited regions. However, technical reclamation, consisting of covering the sites by topsoil, sowing fast-growing herb mixtures and planting trees, is still commonly adopted. Until now, no multi-taxa study has compared technically reclaimed sites and sites left with spontaneous succes.2. We sampled communities of vascular plants and 10 arthropod groups in technically reclaimed and spontaneously restored plots in limestone quarries in the Bohem. Karst, Czech Republic. For comparison, we used paired t-tests and multivariate methods, emphasizing red-list status and habitat specialization of individual species.3. We recorded 692 species of target taxa, with a high proportion of red-listed (10%) and xeric special. (14%) species, corroborating the great conservation potential of the quarries.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0194413